opossum
See also: Opossum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”); compare Ojibwe waabasim (“white dog”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɒsəm/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: ə-päsʹəm, IPA(key): /əˈpɑsəm/[1][2][3] or in abbreviated form like possum, as /ˈpɑsəm/[1][2]
- Hyphenation: o‧pos‧sum
Noun edit
opossum (plural opossums)
- Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. The common species of the United States is Didelphis virginiana.
Synonyms edit
- possum (US)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Translations edit
marsupial of the Didelphidae
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “opossum”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “opossum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “opossum”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Further reading edit
- “opossum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Didelphidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Didelphidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Corsican edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
opossum m (plural opossi)
References edit
- “opossum” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
opossum m (plural opossums, diminutive opossumpje n)
- opossum, marsupial of the family Didelphidae
- Synonym: buidelrat
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
opossum m (plural opossums)
- opossum
- Synonyms: sarigue; (Louisiana) rat de bois
Further reading edit
- “opossum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.